Center for Immigration Studies     sc        Daily news from CIS    Mexican workers [aka illegal aliens] in the United States have lost jobs and faced a crackdown on illegal immigration but are not heading home in droves despite the worst recession in decades, officials and researchers say. -- There is no record of those leaving the United States by land...

Roger Pilon -- Cato Institute      ACORN and health care    Last week, editors at Politico posed two questions to an online panel to which I contribute: "ACORN: Underplayed or overblown?" and "Will the Dems ever get their act together on healthcare?" -- The two are intimately connected by a simple proposition: "Most people want more housing and health care than they can afford." [Obama is a big fan of ACORN]

Cliff Kinkaid -- Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      Fox News on the spot in Marc Lamont Hill Scandal    Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, used his company's annual meeting on October 16 to announce the firing of Fox News contributor and O'Reilly Factor regular Marc Lamont Hill. This is the left-wing cop-killer apologist that we have written about for weeks...

Latin American Herald -- Caracas, Venezuela      Meddling Mexican government to aid illegals busted by Arpaio    The Mexican government is aiding 13 [illegal Mexican aliens] nabbed by an Arizona sheriff's department that does not have the authority to enforce immigration laws, the foreign ministry said. -- The ministry noted in a statement that last week's arrests in and around Phoenix took place... [More Mexican meddling]

Colorado Independent      Proposed census amendment creates odd bedfellows    Once again this year, a group of evangelical Latinos ostensibly working for immigration reform find themselves in lock-step with the anti-[illegal] immigration movement. -- Last week, several Republican congressmen -- concerned about the growing influence of illegal [aliens] -- introduced a controversial amendment requiring a citizenship question on the U.S. Census....

American Border Patrol        Photo of the day    crossing the road about 1/2 mile ahead. He saw that they were being escorted by U.S. Border Patrol agents....

Michelle Malkin      Yes, let's talk about Al Sharpton's racial demagoguery, shall we?    Here is Al Sharpton fuming over Rush Limbaugh calling him out on his poisonous career of racial demagoguery: "He doesn't have the right to lie and accuse people of crimes," Sharpton said. -- Yes, Al Sharpton, perpetrator of the Tawana Brawley racial hoax crime, is braying about false criminal allegations...

Darren Weeks -- NewsWithViews.com      Unemployment: Now, that's sustainable    Every time the media reports the unemployment numbers, it reminds me of George Orwell's book, 1984. In the legendary book, a governmental organization referred to as the "Ministry of Truth" would report through the telescreens that the price of chocolate was going down... [See Obama Watch]

Who's Your Nanny?      The Obama administration continues to strangle the US economy    It is not enough for the Federal Reserve Bank to destroy the currency unabated or the Obama Administration to continue two wars or propose an $863 billion ($863,000,000,000) health care package while increasing the deficit to $1.42 trillion ($1,420,000,000,000). This will not destroy the US economy quickly enough...

Coming Up October 23 Constitution Party National Committee Mtg. -- Phoenix -- Noon MST Dr. Chuck Baldwin Speaks

Brian Darling -- Human Events      Congress and Obama show contempt for Americans    Congress is showing contempt for the American people by excluding them from the crafting of Obamacare. The president promised in his campaign he'd deliver transparency, saying, "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table" with everybody involved...

WorldNetDaily.com      Yes, CAIR is planting 'spies' on Capitol Hill    While a Washington, D.C.-based Muslim organization the government classifies as an unindicted terror co-conspirator – and which has, in fact, seen several of its leaders imprisoned on terrorism convictions – scoffed last week at congressional charges it was attempting to plant interns and staffers in key Capitol Hill offices...

Michael F. Cannon -- Cato Institute      Why does health care need reform?    Is it because health care is special? Or is it because we have treated health care as though it were special? -- David Goldhill is the CEO of the Game Show Network and author of "How American Health Care Killed My Father," in the September 2009 issue of The Atlantic... [See Obama Watch]

Patrick J. Michaels -- Townhall.com      Deafening silence on real climate change    Where's the headline? Where's the television camera? Anyone out there? -- It's right there in the September 24 issue of the refereed journal Geophysical Research Letters. The senior author is Marc Tedesco of City College of New York, not exactly off the mainstream media's beaten path. The work was sponsored by NASA... [See Obama Watch]

Numbers USA      Postville plant to use E-Verify    The Postville slaughterhouse, which was the site for the largest-ever immigration enforcement action, is taking steps to ensure they maintain a legal workforce. The new owner told the Associated Press that they'll start using E-Verify. -- After immigration enforcement officials arrested 389 illegal workers at the nation's largest Kosher slaughterhouse last year...

North County Times -- Escondido, Calif.      Car chased by Border Patrol crashes     A vehicle being chased by Border Patrol agents crashed and overturned Monday morning in Carlsbad, Border Patrol spokesman Mike Endicott said. -- Agents attempted to stop the driver of Chevrolet Geo travelling north on Interstate 5 shortly before 6 a.m. The driver did not stop and exited the I-5 at Palomar Airport Road and drove east...

San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune      Previously deported felon suspected in Covina burglary    A previously deported felon was arrested Friday on suspicion of breaking into a Covina camera shop, police said. -- Salvador Madrigal, 36, of Compton was booked on suspicion of burglary and was being held without bail, Covina police said in a written statement... [See Crime Watch]

Myrtle Beach (SC) Sun      Surprise inspections to end    Hilton Head Island -- State regulators enforcing a new state immigration law have agreed to give businesses at least three days notice before inspections and make other changes after employers objected to practices they said might have been overzealous...

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review Editorial     Illegals flying without escorts    We have had stories about our government flying certain illegal [aliens] back to Mexico. -- In our sector, they are flown out of Tucson to Mexico City on chartered flights. -- News out of Houston this week is that ICE officials are also routinely putting illegal immigrants unescorted on commercial flights for deportation...

The Capital -- Annapolis, Md.      Md. reaction to immigration proposal foreshadows national debate    If the reaction from Maryland-area politicians, academic experts and advocacy groups to a new immigration reform proposal is any indication, the upcoming debate on the issue will be vehement and contentious. -- The "compassionate, comprehensive" proposal from Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., includes a pathway to legalization for [illegal aliens]...

Michelle Malkin     Obama's Fox News policy: Isolation over engagement    President Obama's New Era of Engagement does not include Fox News: Senior Obama administration officials took to the airwaves Sunday to accuse Fox News of pushing a particular point of view, one week after the administration fired its initial salvo to try to isolate the news network by accusing it of being a GOP mouthpiece...

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann -- Human Events      Here's Your "Change": How much Obamacare costs the average family    Whether or not you now have health insurance, Obama's health care bill will cost you dearly. -- If you don’t have insurance, you will be required to buy it. The legislation specifies how much you will have to pay for the coverage before any subsidy kicks in...

Glenn Thrush -- Politico      Does McCain back ban on Arpaio immigration sweeps?    Sen. John McCain -- a fervent sponsor of immigration reform [read: amnesty] -- is once again being dragged into the messy border war of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who is defying the Obama administration's ban on his highly controversial illegal [alien] sweeps in the Phoenix area...

Washington Times      Tea partiers, GOP regulars scuffle in N.Y. House race    Republican officials turned to a conservative icon and invoked an anti-tax pledge Thursday to salvage the slumping campaign of a New York congressional candidate competing with a more conservative third-party challenger, part of an ongoing battle between the fiscally hawkish "tea party" movement and the Republican establishment...

Arizona Republic Editorial     Phoenix rag claims Arpaio's 'sweeps' are illegal    Joe Arpaio's self-promoting "sweeps" may be a lot of things. But "legal" isn't one of them. -- Clearly, there is some part of that word the Maricopa County sheriff does not comprehend. -- Arpaio claims he has the authority to continue wasting his scarce resources chasing down broken tail lights on cars and terrorizing Hispanic neighborhoods...

WSAV-TV -- Savannah          PC Run Amok: Target kowtows to Reconquista zealots over harmless costume    A Halloween costume is drawing criticism from a California [illegal alien.... criminal "rights"] group. -- The costume is being called the illegal alien and features an alien mask, prison suit and oversized green card. -- The costume is designed by a Wisconsin company called buy-seasons...

NBC-TV -- San Francisco      California going to pot    Pot smokers with proper papers in California can exhale in a sigh of relief. Federal drug agents won't be wasting their time raiding medical marijuana dispensaries here and in 13 others that share similar laws. -- The Obama Administration will release new guidelines Monday involving medical marijuana that discourage police... [Related video] [See Crime Watch]

WorldNetDaily.com      White House boasts: We 'control' news media    President Obama's presidential campaign focused on "making" the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was "controlled," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference...

Rev. Michael Bresciani -- Canada Free Press -- Toronto     Obama versus the law of sooner or later    Everyone knows that in America we cannot honestly convict a person for a crime as long as there is a 'reasonable doubt' that they are innocent. It is a facet of our system of jurisprudence that is unique to America and was born out of repulsion for past tyrannies... [See Obama Watch]

CNN      Gregg: U.S. could be on path to a 'banana republic' situation    A leading fiscal mind on Capitol Hill and a one-time Obama Cabinet pick sounded the alarm Sunday over the projected long-term financial challenges the country faces. -- "This deficit is driven by us," New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg candidly said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union... [See Obama Watch]

Austin Hill -- Townhall.com      Al Qaeda might be here but our borders are fabulous!    There might be members of the Al Qaeda terrorist network are here in the United States. But it's difficult to know for sure. -- On Monday October 12, U.S. Secretary Of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano disclosed to the Bloomberg TV network that "it is fair to say there are individuals in the United States who ascribe to al-Qaeda-type beliefs..."

San Diego Union-Tribune      Fed Up Yet?: Spillover of carnage in Mexico undeniable    Men kidnapped from their homes in broad daylight. Bodies dumped along roadsides and in abandoned cars. Human remains dissolved in acid. -- It's the kind of violence seen all too often in some Mexican border cities, where thousands have fallen victim to a prolonged war between drug cartels...